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Space Observatories

✍ Scribed by Jean-Claude Pecker (auth.)

Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Year
1970
Tongue
English
Leaves
132
Series
Astrophysics and Space Science Library 21
Edition
1
Category
Library
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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Structure of the Atmospheric Layers....Pages 3-7
The Opaque Wall of the Atmosphere....Pages 8-19
Atmospheric Diffusion: Extinction and the Blue of The Sky....Pages 20-30
The Inhomogeneity of the Earth’s Atmosphere: Clouds and Refraction....Pages 31-44
The Particle Barrier....Pages 45-47
The Fusion of Meteorites....Pages 48-50
Front Matter....Pages 51-52
Beyond Diffusion....Pages 53-61
Beyond Turbulence....Pages 62-66
Beyond Ultraviolet Opacity....Pages 67-83
Astronomy at Short Wavelengths....Pages 84-105
Beyond Infrared Opacity: Towards the Infrared by Balloon....Pages 106-108
Beyond The Ionosphere: Towards Very Long Wavelengths by Eccentric Satellite....Pages 109-113
A Prospective Conclusion of Limited Perspective....Pages 114-115
Conclusion....Pages 116-116
Back Matter....Pages 117-122

✦ Subjects

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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